To All Those I've Killed Before

By J.L. Hyde

If you got away with murder, would you spend your final moments confessing your sins or let the truth die with you?

At just forty-one years old, Rachel Marless is given months to live. After accepting the devastating news, she makes a decision: She will spend her final days imparting wisdom, advice, and confessing a long list of misdeeds to her only niece, Linnea.

Linnea is a freshman in college and can't believe she's losing her favorite aunt before they've had time to travel the world together. From the moment she receives the news of her aunt's diagnosis, Linnea vows to spend each Tuesday afternoon with Rachel. Every week, she listens to her aunt's stories and learns devastating secrets about the woman she thought she knew better than anyone.

Aunt Rachel has done awful, unspeakable things in her life, but nothing will be as bad as her final confession.

Can Linnea handle the truth, and will Rachel live long enough to tell it all?

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Published Aug 8, 2025

208 pages

Average rating: 6.78

9 RATINGS

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Community Reviews

Mellific
Jul 09, 2026
6/10 stars
While this was a fairly quick read, I found myself getting bored after around the halfway point. The characters weren't established enough for the emotional impacts to hit. Mike was mostly absent, so the reader doesn't know what kind of person he is, except when Linny asks if he'll miss Aunt Rachel. And in that scene, he seems like a normal man. I would say that this is an 'unreliable narrator' story, which is disappointing, because the narrator is the one person telling the story, and is who you expect to be able to believe.
Tawnieliptak
May 04, 2026
7/10 stars
Definitely enjoyed until the unexpected ending. Ending did leave me a bit confused hence the rating.
Nora Reads
Apr 24, 2026
8/10 stars
If my sister doesn’t have my back like how this one did, I don’t want her lol

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